[nws-changes] 20110819: ncep update2

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110819: ncep update2
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:49:16 -0600

                       ----  OPERATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS  ----


from:  Alan Darling
        Deputy Director, NCEP Central Operations (NCO)



1.  Effective Tuesday, August 30, 2011, the National Centers for Environmental 
Prediction (NCEP) will remove the Model Analysis and Forecast (MAF) web pages 
currently available at:http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/

     The Technical Information Notification (TIN) 11-06 is available 
at:http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/tin11-06aaamaf_removal.txt

     The previous proposed removal date of March 31, 2011 was postponed until 
August 30, 2011, to give customers more time to acclimate to the Model Analysis 
and Guidance (MAG) webpage, which was declared operational on March 15, 2011.  
The MAG webpage is available at:http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/NCOMAGWEB/appcontroller

2.  Effective at 12Z on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, the National Centers for 
Environmental Prediction will stop running the Regional Spectral Model (RSM) 
for Hawaii and discontinue all output products from this model run.  Additional 
information is provided in the Technical Information Notification (TIN) on the 
web at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notification/tin11-34termination_hawaii_rsm.htm

3.  The CCS Implementation Standards are available at
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/.  Please adhere to these standards when 
submitting changes for the CCS.

4.  Upcoming major changes to NCEP's production suite and details on any 
product or timing changes associated with upcoming implementations can be 
viewed at the following website:

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/

     Test data for major changes should be available six weeks prior to 
implementation.  Anyone wishing to receive formal notice of the final 
pre-implementation testing and the opportunity to provide feedback on the 
proposed changes can subscribe to the Model Evaluation mailing list via:

https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.modelevalinfo

5.  Maintenance of subscriptions to the Scheduled Operational Changes and 
Upgrades mailing list can be performed via the following website:

https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.rfcmemo

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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690